Bulletin boards are a great way to help teachers engage their students in the classroom. They can be used to display important announcements, upcoming events, and other useful information. The bulletin board ideas below are a roundup of some of the best ideas to use in the classroom, whether you’re needing social skills templates, name crafts or more!
A bulletin board is a place where people can post messages and share information. They are usually located in public places such as schools, libraries, and offices.
There are many reasons why teachers should use them in their classrooms: they can be used to display student work, they can be used to promote reading, they can be used to organize students into groups for activities.
School bulletin board ideas
The bulletin board is a great tool that every teacher should have in their classroom.
Teachers can use it to display student work, promote reading or organize students into groups for activities.
It’s always a great idea to incorporate interactive bulletin boards in your classroom.
There are some major benefits in doing so. Not only is it a great way to send a positive message to your students, but the bright colors and the creative ideas that help your students grasp new materials are always fun ways to get talking with your students.
Encourage a class culture of acceptance and build proper social skills.
First day of school bulletin boards
Looking for fun ways to build amazing social skills and friendship skills between your students on the first day of school?
Incorporate some sticky notes and depending on your grade level, add these social skill bulletin boards in your class to promote kindness.
Check out these 5 take what you need and give what you can bulletin board ideas with sticky notes to promote kindness and acceptance!
Another favorite of ours, these welcome back to school bulletin templates are always a winner!
Unique bulletin board ideas
I always like to use themed bulletin boards in my space whether it is in the classroom or in my learning area at home for homeschooling.
I like to display large letters on the bulletin so that children even at the back of the class are able to see it.
It’s a fun way to get the kids involved with their own work and their creations in class.
I like using these printable large letter display cut outs to help with adding any kind of message on the board.
Bulletin board border
If you’re looking for the perfect border ideas for your boards, I buy these from Amazon most of the time, and at times use tissue paper to cover the corners of the board.
But I generally like to cover the board with the students’ work.
Even high school students will enjoy some of these bulletin boards, because not only will they be appealing but I wish my own teachers had done these displays when we were in high school.
Not only does it build social skills, but it also builds self-esteem and self confidence skills.
SEL Emotions Minion Craft, fun FREE printable template.
These bulletin boards can range across many subject areas! Staff members can add their own twist to these in the staff room too.
Our staff bulletin board always includes several messages (and memes) for teachers to motivate them throughout the school year.
Displaying important information on the bulletin is the main reason we use them but somehow we manage to add a couple of those memes and funny messages that all teachers seem to appreciate.
Student names easy bulletin board ideas
If you’re looking for some easy ways to display student’s names. I have been adding many new name crafts on this blog.
I will list a few of them below so that should give you a number of ideas on whether you would like to use them or not.
This super cute name display is a great way to encourage students to work on fine motor skills, their names and more.
Classroom bulletin boards
An easy way to begin with bulletin board displays is to choose a classroom theme.
For instance, I did kindness last year when we started off the year and the students loved all the kindness displays in the classroom.
Middle school kids loved them too, I gave my colleague these ice cream bulletin templates below and her middle schoolers loved ‘sprinkling kindness’ throughout the first few months of school and guess what?
This also had them starting the habit then and continuing it throughout the year.
How cool is that? Some of them even shared it on social media and the idea grew from there.
So, the best way to start is to choose a classroom decor theme like the beach, winter, fall or snow and go from there.
My students’ favorite idea for a bulletin board this year was this SEL affirmation bulletin board display which they loved and encouraged them to continually chant positive messages throughout the year.
This bulletin board set is a great way to transform your classroom from the dull and colorless classroom to a fun and self confidence promoting classroom environment.
The best part about these is that even older students or grades can benefit. So you can differentiate these across multiple grade levels.
Gratitude Bulletin Board Idea
Looking for a super fun small groups activity on the popular picture book There was an old lady who swallowed a pie activities?
This craft is a great way to work on fine motor skills with cutting and pasting things they are grateful for onto the plate!
Christmas bulletin board idea
If you love Christmas like I do, you probably would love to switch around your themed bulletin to a fun Christmassy vibe. These ideas below would make a good bulletin board for this time of year.
Be sure to have some construction paper, bulletin board paper and the templates to make any of these listed below.
This super cute gingerbread bulletin board is a winner each and every year, not only do we love to read the book and discuss the story in class, but we also encourage students to read more with this fun bulletin display.
Need a SEL idea for your bulletin board space? This Rudolph themed social skills template which doubles as a craft and a bulletin board is perfect for November and December.
A great place to start is also doing these reindeer crafts to display students’ names on the board. They are perfect for getting students working on name recognition AND fine motor skills.
Fall season fun bulletin board
Fall season is one of my favorites even though we typically do not have a great transition into fall here in Australia.
A great fun idea is to make these pumpkin themed trucks to work on names and fine motor skills.
We also love to make these Jack-o-lantern name crafts and display them throughout October and Halloween.
Bulletin Board Letters
If you want to print and display bulletin board letters, I have made these to suit any classroom, they are a great addition to any board since they are neutral. You can even add them to a birthday board.
ESL Bulletin board display
Do you need your ESL students to master language skills. This super fun parts of speech bulletin is perfect for them, especially for goal setting.
Them seeing grammar and parts of speech display right in the classroom is a great way to promote language skills.
Positive character traits bulletin
Encourage and promote positive character traits with this fun bulletin display.
In conclusion, bulletin boards are a great way to incorporate some color and a bright space for your students to come into each and everyday.
We spend most of our time in the classroom, so fostering this positive attitude and environment right from the start will go a long way!